Credit: Saheed Olugbon A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has called on the Nigeria Police to conduct proper investigations into the case of brutality against lawyers in Lagos State. Falana made the call on Thursday during a peaceful protest organised by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos, against […]
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The National Judicial Council (NJC), on Friday, recommended 23 nominees for appointment as Judges of the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria. Mr Soji Oye, the Director of Information of the Council, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. According to the statement, the recommendation for the appointments was made at the 103th meeting of […]
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CEO of CLB, Dapo Oyewumi (sixth from left) and International development manager at Barbri Global, Monique Morrison (Middle) flanked by participants at the Barbri Global seminar held in Lagos To enhance the capacity of lawyers and broaden their horizons, the Centre for Law and Business (CLB), in collaboration with Barbri Global, the world’s premier legal […]
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The year 2022 tested the Bar and the Bench in their joint commitment to justice, professionalism and defence of the rule of law, in various respects. Dominating the centre of activities were battles for the welfare of judges and judicial officers, tests of upholding the unity of the bar and challenges of impartial judgment on […]
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A cross section of the new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) during their inauguration in Abuja… Credit: Philip Ojisua The Nigerian Supreme Court is the highest in the judicial hierarchy. It is empowered with original and appellate jurisdictions by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as altered). Its decisions are final and cannot be appealed against […]
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The Body of Benchers in Nigeria has frowned at the use of social media by the Nigerian Bar Association to circulate official sensitive documents of in-house communication among members of the body. The body, in a statement on Friday, cleared the air on why the letter by the NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) requesting the […]
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Nigeria’s Body of Benchers on Friday, explained why it did not debate a letter by the Nigerian Bar Association President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) asking the BoB Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) not to preside over the last Call to Bar ceremonies during which 4711 new lawyers were admitted into the profession. Also the body frowned […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, which was presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, has adjourned hearing on a fundamental human rights suit instituted by an Onitsha-based human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba, against Federal Government and four others, seeking disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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The Body of Benchers (BOB) has cautioned the National Assembly against giving effect to its proposal to regulate the establishment of Law Schools in the country. BOB Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) said this while admitting 4711 new lawyers at the Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday. He said: “May we plead […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday nullified all the primaries conducted by the ruling All Progressive Congress in the state over unlawful exclusion of some members of the party as delegates to the primaries. The court gave its ruling yesterday, following a suit brought before it by some aggrieved […]
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